Essex Reef Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Essex Reef Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Essex Reef Light or Essex Reef Post Light, also known as Hayden's Point Light, was a light in Essex, Connecticut on the Connecticut River.Essex Reef Light Lighthouse Digest Exporer Database. Retrieved 24 June 2016 The wooden tower was erected in 1889 and replaced with a skeleton tower by 1919. The skeleton tower was further altered to an automatic gas light a few years prior to 1931. Its keeper, Gilbert Burnett "Bernie" Hayden served for 30 years. As of 2014, a skeleton tower serves as an active daymark and it has a green flash every 4 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia
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